The lecture, which is part of the Kripke Center’s Religion and Science Lecture series, is free and open to the public.

Richards was awarded the Morris Fishbein Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Chicago. He also received the George Sarton Medal, in recognition of distinguished scholarship and contributions to the advancement of the History of Science in 2011. His research is in the history and philosophy of psychology and biology, with an interest in evolutionary theory, biopsychology, ethology, and sociobiology.